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The Hamilton Fish Institute Presents Persistently Safe Schools 2005

Philadelphia, September 11-14, 2005

Purpose of Persistently Safe Schools 2005

We will balance and emphasize the contributions of researchers and practitioners by (1) exchanging the most recent scientific findings and evidence-based practices in school violence prevention, (2) synthesizing outcome-oriented research and improving the transfer to practice; (3) supporting synergy and fostering partnerships among professionals working to reduce and prevent violence in schools; and (4) highlighting community collaborations.

To register: http://www.hamfish.org/conference/2005/registration.html

Plenary sessions will feature the leadership of

  • J. Robert Flores, J.D., Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice
  • Beverly Watts Davis, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Pedro A. Noguera, Ph.D., (Urban Sociologist), The Steinhardt School of Education, New York University
  • Raymond Reyes, Ed.D., Associate Vice President for Diversity, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
  • Mary Ann T. Fish will present the Hamilton Fish Institute Award for Service.

Six pre-conference Special Interest Workshops will be presented on Sunday, September 11. These include:

  • Conflict Resolution and Conflict Resolution Education by Tricia Jones. Ph.D., Temple University
  • Gang Prevention: Identification Tools by the National Youth Gang Center
  • Research and Practice Panel and Forum by Ruby F. Qazilbash, Project Officer, Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice; Dennis L. White, M.S.P., Hamilton Fish Institute; and Alan W. McEvoy, Ph.D., Wittenberg University
  • Mental Health in Schools
    Part I: Safe, Supportive and Successful Schools: Step by Step by Kevin P. Dwyer, M.A., NCSP
  • Mental Health in Schools
    Part II: Resilience in Our Schools: Discovering Mental Health and Hope Within by Kathy M. Marshall, M.A., Executive Director, National Resilience Resource Center
  • Trauma and Violence by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., The Trauma Center of the Justice Resource Institute, Boston

We will present 71 hours of research and practice in concurrent sessions of paper presentations, workshops, panels, and forums, in addition to the plenary sessions and other multiple opportunities for learning and sharing experiences. Some of the concurrent sessions will be presented by:

  • Brenda E. Morrison, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Centre for Restorative Justice, Australian National University, and seconded to the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania
  • Jeffrey R. Sprague, Ph.D., University of Oregon, and Vicki M. Nishioka, Ph.D., University of Oregon, Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior
  • Russell J. Skiba, Ph.D., Indiana University
  • H. Jerome Freiberg, Ph.D., University of Houston and Judith M. Lapointe, Ph.D., University of Houston
  • Joseph Spinazzola, Ph.D., and Marla Zucker, Ph.D., The Trauma Center, Justice Resource Institute, Boston
  • Richard R. Verdugo, Ph.D., and Jeffrey M. Schneider, Ph.D., the National Education Association
  • Carol A. Kochhar-Bryant, PhD., The George Washington University
  • Dewey G. Cornell, Ph.D., the University of Virginia, Curry School of Education, and Director, UVA Youth Violence Project
  • Claudette Powers and Linda Quiles, PeaceBuilders
  • Myrna B. Shure, Ph.D. Developmental Psychologist, Drexel University
  • Karin S. Frey, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, University of Washington
  • Leihua V. S. Edstrom, Ph.D., Research Scientist, and Miriam K. Hirschstein, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Committee for Children
  • Robert Gutierrez, Ph.D., Jayme E. Harpring, Ph.D., Isabelle Potts, J.D., and Stephen A. Rollin, Ph.D., Florida State University
  • Ann S. Kelly, Founder/Executive Director; and Charity Kreider, M.P.H., Research Coordinator – Hands & Words Are Not for Hurting Project, Salem, OR
  • Marianne E. Peltier-Allison, Director, Safe Schools/Healthy Students, CARE, Graham, NC
  • Laurie L. Stockton, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Theater arts prevention and intervention programs will be demonstrated by the directors and actors of Urban Improv (Boston) and City at Peace (Washington, DC). The directors and actors will be assisted by students from the William Penn School District, Lansdowne, PA.
  • The complete conference program will be posted soon.

The registration fee includes the Special Interest Workshops, the reception, three breakfasts, two luncheons, all breaks, and all concurrent sessions.

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